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Page 2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1954
Rule Violation Helps
Thieves in Room Looting
Three freshmen have just confessed to
thefts totaling $2500.
Last month a junior was held at gun
point by a robber he surprised in his room
at night.
A non-military student in Mitchell hall
awoke one night last semester to find a
prowler lurking near his bed.
In October an armed bandit held up the
Circle Drive-In Theater box office.
Yet the majority of cadet freshmen,
sophomores and juniors can not lock their
doors at night when they go to bed.
According to the policy of many corps
units, only a senior may lock his room when
he is inside. An underclassman risks pun
ishment if he is caught in his room with the
door locked. Many cadet units still follow
this rule, although A&M is undergoing one
of the worst outbreaks of thefts in recent
years.
Once again “College Regulations” is be
ing violated and no one in authority seems
to care. The A&M rule books says “Each
student shall have the right to maintain the
privacy of his room by keeping his door
closed or locked, and by refusing admittance
to any one except College or Cadet officers
on official duty.”
But this regulation is overlooked in the
interests of class distinction and consequently
the freshman, sophomore or junior goes to
bed at night without knowing whether or
not he will find his billfold when he awakes
the next morning.
Anyone should have the right to protect
his personal property at all times. Placing
a chair against the door will not keep a de
termined thief out of a room. Hooking the
closet doors together in front of the room en
trance does not insure adequate safety. A
door must be locked.
If cadet commanders value the safety of
their men’s belongings, they should allow
them to follow the college rules. And if the
administration values the college rules, it
should see that the regulations are obeyed.
Senate Must Elect
Five New Members
An election to fill five recently
vacated seats in the senate will be
held Feb. 24.
The five seats weer vacated by
Leo Draper, senior representative;
Paul Garcia and Don DDon, rep
resentatives of the sophomore
class; Seymour Smith, Bizell hall;
and Wallace Birks, Mitchell hall,
D. D. (Buddy) Foxworth was
elected election committee chair
man replacing Draper.
According to W. D, (Pete) Har
desty, assistant manager of stu
dent activities, qualified students
interested in becoming candidates,
may file application in the office
of student activities beginning
Monday. Filing will close at 5 p.m.
Feb. 22.
To be eligible to file for office
a student must have at least a
sophomore classification, a grade
point ratio of 1.0 or better, arid
live in the dormitory or be in the
class he represents.
News
MICHEL MOUSKHELY, author
ity on the Soviet and European po
litical pi’dblems, will speak at 6:30
p.m. Saturday at the A&M Wesley
foundation. He will speak on Eu
ropean political conditions.
COLLEGE PROFESSORS in
fields other than religion can apply
for scholarships in a series of sum
mer seminars on. “Christian Foun
dations for Teaching.” More in
formation can be obtained from the
office of the dean of the college.
ABOUT 200 persons are expect
ed for an Industrial Teachers con
ference here Feb. 26-27. The short
course wil be directed by Chris H-
Groneman of the industrial educa
tion department.
L. F. COLLUM, president of the
Continental Oil company of Hous
ton, will give a talk before the
Executive Development conference
Briefs
here Monday. Nineteen young ex
ecutives from Southwest industries
are attending the three-week con
ference.
“SMOKEY”, the fire-preventing
bear, was presented to Gov. Allan
Shivers by Dr. A. D. Folweiler, di
rector of the Texas Forest Service.
The bear is the symbol of the co
operative fire prevention program-
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EIGHTEEN LETTERS have
been received by Charles N. Shep-
ardson, dean of agriculture, ex
pressing thanks for a pasture short
course taught by Dr. R. C. Potts of
the agronomy department.
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DR. R. L. SKRABANECK of
the agricultural economics and
rural sociology department, spoke
to the BeUville Chamber of Com
merce at their annual banquet last
night on “Population Trends ill
Austin County and Their Implica
tions for the Bellville Chamber of
Commerce.”
Job Interviews *
® Feb. 15—The U. S. Naval Air
Development Center will recruit
electrical, aeronautical and me
chanical engineering and physics
majors at all degree levels.
© Feb. 15—Continental Oil Com
pany will interview chemical, me
chanical, petroleum and industrial
engineering, chemistry, physics,
business administration and ac
counting majors. They will inter
view for positions in the Manu
facturing ®and Petrochemical De
partment, Land Department Con
troller’s Department, Production
Department and Marketing De
partment.
® Feb. 15—Trane Company will in
terview mechanical, electrical, in
dustrial and chemical engineering
graduates for positions in their
home office and also in the field
as application and sales engi
neers.
• Feb. 15—17—The Humble Oil
& Refining Company will hold a
Group Meeting at 1:15 p. m„ Feb.
15, in the Ballroom of the M. B. C-
to discuss job opportunities to
graduates in electrical,, chemical,
petroleum, mechanical and geo
logical engineering and physics.
They will schedule personal inter-
views will be held in the Place
ment Office after the meeting.
Those who cannot attend the meet
ing may schedule a personal inter
view in the Placement Office any
time after 2:30 p. m. on the 15th.
© Feb. 16—The Chicago Bridge and
Iron Company will interview civil
and mechanical engineering grad
uates at all degree levels. They
have an extensive training pro
gram to teach young engineers the
practical side of their work before
assignment to an engineering job.
® Feb. 16—Linde, Air Products
Company, a Division of Union Car
bide, and Carbon Corporation, will
interview B. S. and M. S. engi
neers, chemists and physicists—
especially mechanical and chemical
engineers—for work in research,
development, design, production,
sales and technical service.
® Feb. 16—17—Gulf Oil Corpora
tion will interview chemical, me
chanical, civil and electrical engi
neers and chemists for employment
in the Port Arthur Refinery. AU
engineers will be hired into a train
ing program of approximately two
years-
• Feb. 17—Lion Oil Company will
interview chemists and. chemical
engineers, preferably Ph. D. men,
for work in their Research Divis
ion.
Theft
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books at the north gate. Vjtrano
and Hardaway took their informa
tion to Lt. Robert Melcher, coordi
nator for the freshman regiment,
and Captain David B. Cofer, jr.,
counselor in the freshman regi
ment.
It then was established that
Cadet No. 2 was the one who had
sold the stolen books.
Numerous meetings were then
held at which the suspected cadets
were questioned,” the report said.
“Upon being confronted with the
facts, Cadet No. 2 admitted taking
insignia brass, a clip board, books
and a large amplifier. Further
questioning revealed that he did
not remember all the things that
he had taken, and it was decided
to search his room.
“This search was made after
supper and disclosed a number of
articles which Cadet No. 2 admit
ted taking.
“While Cadet No. 2’s room was
being searched, Cadet No. X was
questioned. This interview re
vealed that Cadet No. 1 knowingly
traded a telephone for a stolen
transformer and that he knew Ca
det No. 2 intended to steal an am
plifier from Guion hall.
“Cadet No. 2 was originally ques
tioned because earlier he had re
ported the loss of a camera.”
“Meanwhile, Vitrano, in search
ing -Qtdet No. 2’s room, gained in
formation that implicated the two
other cadets.
The cadets were questioned most
of Friday, Feb. 5, all day Satur
day and Monday until 11 p.m. The
father of Cadets No. I and 2 were
present during some of the ques
tioning.
Students who played a leading
role in the investigation in addition
to Vitrano and Hardaway were:
■ V. R. Kennedy, commander of
the Jirst composite regiment; Otis
Templer, first, composite regimen
tal staff, .J- M- Hickman,- com
mander of the third battalion; a^d
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Mobiles in Your Home--IV
Cardboard, String
Make Decorations
Architectural Wives
Use Valentine Theme
(Editors Note—-This is the
last in a series of four articles
on the use of mobiles in home
decoration.)
Want to make a mobile?
Here is how John Lynch, who
has made thousands, says you can
assemble a mobile of five pieces
(pictured) out of cardboard, wire
and string or thread:
1. Decide if you are going to
use five simple, related shapes, or
five complicated unrelated shapes;
four simple and one complicated or
other combinations. An uneven
number of pieces achieves a more
interesting effect.
2. Mark up and cut cardbard
into chosen shapes. Let’s use sim
ple shapes: one small circle and
four crescent variations of dif
ferent sizes, the largest about nine
inches across.
3. Stick straight pin into top edge
of the shape at about its balance
point. Punch small hole about %
inch below pin and tie piece of
string through hole. Remove pin
and do same thirig with other
pieces. (Rings cut from wire and
shaped by pliers can be used in
stead of string to fasten pieces.)
4. Curve lightly four pieces of
wire of varying lengths (say 12,
19, 24 and 25 inches) and make
loopa at ends with pliers.
5. Tie stringed pieces 1 and 2
to loops of arm A. (Lynch em
phasizes starting at the bottom
outside and working in and up so
the top will not be out of balance.)
6. Find balance point of arm by
adjusting piece of string around
approximate middle of arm until
pieces balance. With pliers bend
wire to form loop at balance point.
(Remember, balance loop should
always be made-above, the arm, at
tachment loops below it.)
7. Tie loop of arm B to balance
loop of arm A- Tie piece 3 to arm
B’s unattached loop. Find new
balance point with string as be
fore, make balance loop on arm B.
8. Attach piece 4 to loop of arm
C. attach C's other loop to arm
B’s balance loop, find new point of
balance, make balance looping arm
9. Tie piece 5 to loop in arm D,
attach other loop to arm C’s bal
ance point, make balance loop in
arm D.
10. Attach string to balance loop,
suspend completed mobile where it
will swing freely.
Zinn Tells -
AAUW About
Duties
Bennie A. Zinn, assistant
dean of men, explained his
duties as advisor to foreign
students to the international
relations group of the Amer
ican Association of University
Women at the home of Mrs. James
G. Potter.
“Many students from other coun
tries attend A&M on scholarships
set up by the state department at
a cost of several thousand dollars
to our government for each stu
dent,” he said.
“Obviously, it is necessary to
select such students by careful
screening methods, to help them
adjust to their surroundings, and
to be concerned with their welfare
and academic progress,” he said.
Of the 137 foreign students now
at A&M, about 5 per cent pay
their own expenses for their edu
cation; some are attending under
the Point IV program of interna
tional exchange; others receive
scholarship grants from private in
dustries in their own countries.
In cases where the student is
forced to find employment to fi
nance his education, Zinn’s office
helps to find such jobs.
“To overcome deficiency in the
English language, a special course
is offered in the English depart
ment for the benefit of these stu
dents. Close relation is maintain
ed with the Institute for Interna
tional Education, through w h i c h
grants are made for special study
and travel,” Zinn added.
A Valentine theme was carried
out at the first meeting of the
semester of the Architectural
Wives society.
The meeting, an informal party,
was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. D. Parnell. Thirty guests
were present.
New members of the club were
welcomed by the old members.
New members are Mrs. Mary Ann
Thompson, Mrs. Peggy Carpenter,
Mrs. Jody Elam and Mrs. Ed Wilm-
sen. Faculty members and their
wives present were Mr. and Mrs,
Harold Homheak, Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Roltdv ant: Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Vrooman.
. The party beghn with a trea
sure hunt. Small objects were
hidden throughout the rooms and
the couples were paired off and
given a list of the small objects.
The teams winning the prizes for
locating all items hidden were Mr.
and Mrs. Stalter and Mr. and Mrs.
Carpenter.
After the hunt, the guests play
ed bingo. Prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Rots,eh, J. C. Walden, Mrs.
Vrooman. Mrs. Faye Parsons,
Tommy Thompson and Ed Wilm-
scn.
Refreshments were served from
a table decorated with a lined cut-
work table cloth- Centering the
table were white candles mixed
with ivy and pansies. Punch was
served from a crystal bowl by Mrs.
Dee Stalter-
The valentine theme was carried
out in decorative punch and cake
with candies placed at vantage
throughout the rooms.
Later the couples watched tele
vision.
Hostesses for the evening were
Mary Lou Lassen, Dec Stalter,
Marion Simmons, Helen Parnell,
Marsha Sharp, Ann Dudley and
Bobbie Sholar.
Watts Will Lead
^ latholic Services
Father Caspar Watts will con
duct services at St. Mary’s chapel
during Religious Emphasis week.
Father Watts is a member o£
the Order of the Passion of Christ,
now with the Holy Name Retreat
house in Houston.
Sunday masses will be at 8:30
and 1.0 a. ni. After the last Mass,
the Blessed Sacrament will be ex
posed, continuing all day. At 7:15
p. m. the Rosary will be recited
followed by a conference by Father
Watts.
The schedule for Monday through
Thursday will be Mass and brief
meditation at 6:30 a. m. Rosary,
Conference and Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament will be at 7:15
P- m.
Father Watts has indicated hq
will speak on topics such as court
ship and marriage and morality
and sin. He has conducted Forty
Hours Devotions and Days of Re
collection. in Los Angeles and Pasa<
dena, Calif., as well as in the Okla*
homa and Kansas City Dioceses.
By Popular Request
REVIVAL OF THE
MSC SMORGASBORD
Saturday, Feb. 13
— Served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. —
MSC Dining Room
Reservations Requested
PHONE 4-5124
LEGAL HOLIDAY
Friday, February 12, .1954, being a Legal Holiday, in
observance of Lincoln’s Birthday, the undersigned will
observe that date as a Legal Holiday and not be open for
business.
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